Law of Evidence Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 – Law of Evidence

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

The Course is designed to provide the students with a conceptual and practical understanding
of meaning, purpose and application of rules of evidence in relation to relevancy of facts and
proof in the court of law during the trial. It will help the students think about the process of
adducin, principles of admissibility and exclusion evidences in a trial. The course will
prepare the students to understand the relevancy and admissibility of the evidence produce in
the court in a suit or proceeding and understand how the facts need to be proved in the courts
it will assist students in analysing the process of adducing evidence through witness
examination and argument for or against admissibility of their evidence. The course will
effectively impart learning on the kinds of evidences, modes of proof and burden of proof. It
will also examine the law as a Lex Fori and the role of a judge while hearing and appreciating
the evidences on record in a suit or a Proceeding.

COURSE OUTCOMES:

After completing this course, the students will be able to:

Understand, adduce, and object electronic evidence

Analyze the concept and nature of different types of evidence;

Identify and apply the rules relating to relevance and admissibility of evidence in
courts;

Understand the standard of burden of proof followed in civil and criminal cases;

Analyze the role played by the witnesses and evidentiary value attached to ocular
evidence vis-à-vis scientific evidence;

Understand the procedure of examination of witnesses and different categories of
witness involved in a suit or proceeding;

Explain the role and presumption powers endowed upon the judges during the trials;

Examine the applicability and admissibility of forensic science in civil and criminal
cases along with the admissibility of expert’s opinion.